Watched my URI Rams in their season opener and the season opener to the season tonight (will be watching a replay of tonight's C's game tomorrow) saw the same thing from the past 4-5 years.
No transition defense and defense all together basically. Awful rebounding, got outrebounded by about 13 and we were not able to take care of the ball at all!
Still we had Pitt on the rope for most of the game until the middle of the second half and there is a long long time left in the season to improve on these weaknesses.
I am just dissapointed that year after year these weakenesses stay with the team and our offensive game is why we always come close to making it to the NCAA tournament, but are a NIT team. Maybe the players will step up and have a new effort on defense. Or maybe if that doesn't happen and it is just another year of almost making it, but not quite it is time for a change in the coaching department. I'm hoping it is the former and not the latter.
At least my favorite NBA team knows how to defend
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